The Regional Meeting of the Marxist- Leninist Parties and Organizations of Europe Was Held in Paris (June 2015)

In
June, Communist Party of the Workers of France had the joy and the
honour of hosting the regional meeting of the Parties and Organizations
of Europe, members of the International Conference of Marxist-Leninist
Parties and Organizations.

Intense exchanges and
discussion allowed us to draw up and adopt a political resolution on
the situation in Europe and on the tasks and mobilizations that our
parties intend to develop.

An important part of the
discussion focused on the attacks of the liberal and social-liberal
governments against the working class and the popular masses and on the
development of the resistance. Particular attention was paid to
developing solidarity with the working class and the people of Greece
in order to break the blackmail of the troika (IMF, EU and ECB) and of
the governments of the EU states, which are united against the Greek
people.

We also addressed the issue of the criminal policy being carried out by the States and the EU against refugees and immigrants.

We
analyzed the tensions, the armed conflicts, the militarization of the
economies of several EU States, particularly the imperialist powers,
linked to the greater involvement of NATO.

On these
different issues, plans were discussed in order to develop joint work
among our parties and organizations, with the objective of taking part
in existing mobilizations with our analysis and proposals, or of
creating them with the aim of winning other forces.

Here are the various texts adopted by the Regional Conference.

Communiqué

In June 2015, the regional meeting of the Marxist-Leninist parties and
organizations, members of the International Conference of Marxist-
Leninist Parties and Organizations (ICMLPO), was successfully held in
France in a fraternal atmosphere of internationalist solidarity.

At the beginning of the meeting, the participants paid tribute to the
memory of recently deceased comrades, Frede Klitgard, of the Workers’
Communist Party of Denmark (APK) and Juan Marte, of the Communist Party
of Labour (PCT) of the Dominican Republic. The meeting was dedicated to
these two resolute Marxist-Leninists, and pledged to follow their
example.

The parties and organizations congratulated the Party of Labour (EMEP)
of Turkey for their success in the electoral battle through the
alliance with the party HDP [People’s Democratic Party].

The participants exchanged views on the situation and experiences of
work developed in their countries. They discussed the capitalist crisis
in Europe, the rise of the rejection of neo-liberal policies and
austerity policies of the EU, the threats of imperialist war and their
consequences.

After a long debate, an important political declaration was adopted
unanimously, in which we express our solidarity with the struggle of
the Greek workers and people against the blackmail of the EU, the IMF
and the liberal and social-liberal governments of the EU States. We
call on everyone in all countries to take part in the initiatives of
solidarity with the workers and people of Greece, and to take part in
the demonstrations of June 20.

We also approved a motion of solidarity with the Norwegian dockers.

We call on the workers and peoples of Europe to develop and implement
the orientations contained in this political declaration.

The participants established common tasks and political activities for
the coming months, to advance in the struggle for the revolutionary
transformation of society and the development of proletarian
internationalism.

France, June 2015

Workers’ Communist Party of Denmark – APK
Communist Party of the Workers of France – PCOF
Organization for the Construction of the Communist Party of the Workers of Germany
Movement for the Reorganization of the Communist Party of Greece (1918-55)
Communist Platform for the Communist Party of the Proletariat of Italy
Marxist-Leninist Organization Revolusjon of Norway
Communist Party of Spain (Marxist-Leninist) – PCE (ML)
Party of Labour of Turkey – EMEP

Let us mobilize against policies of austerity and warLong live international solidarity!

For years, the EU and the governments of various countries have imposed
austerity policies on the workers and the popular masses. The result of
the crisis of the capitalist system, aggravated by these austerity
policies, have been more than 25 million unemployed in the EU, a
massive unemployment that primarily affects young people, who are
condemned to insecurity, but also older workers, who are threatened
with sinking into poverty. The poverty extends everywhere, in the
cities and the countryside. With these austerity policies, “growth”
destroys more and more jobs and further enriches the rich and large
shareholders. It means more insecurity, lower wages, drastic cuts in
social spending: health care, education, public transport, etc.

These neoliberal policies are being implemented by the governments that
are applying the “road map” of big business, of the financial
oligarchy, who want to reverse the social and political gains that the
working class, toilers and peoples have won through years of struggle
and who today are resisting and fighting to maintain them. The various
European treaties and directives, particularly since the Maastricht
Treaty (and its “convergence criteria” that established the euro), have
continued and deepened this anti-worker and anti-people policy, in the
name of the dogma of “free and undistorted competition,” which means
the organized competition of all against all, social dumping,
“liberalization of the labour market,” which means freedom for the
bosses to fire, the super-exploitation of the workers and instability.
Whether they are called the “mobility law” of Rajoy [Prime Minister of
Spain], the “Jobs Act” de Renzi [Prime Minister of Italy], the “Hartz
Law” in Germany, the “Macron Law” in France, etc. these counter-reforms
are all aimed at lowering the price of labour power, facilitating
dismissals, developing even more flexibility and challenging the
collective rights of the workers.

In recent years, it is the “debt crisis” that serves to justify the
policies of privatization, of drastic cuts in social budgets, the
liquidation of measures of social protection, while they are more
necessary than ever for the large impoverished masses. These include
particularly women of the popular strata, working women, who are the
first victims of the elimination of public services.

It is not the popular masses who are responsible for these debts. These
debts were contracted the billions in public money were used to bail
out the banks and help the big monopolies to become ever bigger, to
finance the policies of armaments, “major projects” that are useless
for the people but very profitable for the monopolies who build and
manage them.

The rejection of these national and European austerity policies is
general. This is shown in the workers’ and popular resistance, in the
demonstrations, the strikes, etc. that are the results of these
policies. It is also shown in the elections, particularly through the
very high rate of abstention among the popular strata and the disavowal
of the governing parties, whether of the right or of the
social-democrats.

The right-wing populist parties, the parties of the extreme right are
able to use their electoral capital on a sector of this protest
movement to highjack it into “solutions” that avoid attacking the
capitalist system and that are promoting nationalism, division and
xenophobia. While some do not hide their fascistic and even fascist
references, others hide them behind an increasingly “social” discourse.

But this rejection is also expressed in a progressive way, particularly
through the support given to the forces that take a stand against the
austerity policies, against the payment of the debt for life, against
the orders of the IMF, the ECB, the EU and the imperialist powers in
Europe.

This is what happened in Greece, with the victory of Syriza in the January elections.

Simply calling for “renegotiating” the debt, for having announced the
end of the policy of mega-austerity imposed by the troika, has
unleashed an intense campaign of pressure, blackmail, etc. by the
leaders of all the EU countries, the officials of the IMF and the
European institutions, in order to impose the continuation of the
austerity policy.

The hatred of these leaders is explained by the fact that in no case do
they want a people to refuse to continue to suffer the austerity
policies that they themselves are imposing on “their” people. They do
not want the fight of the people, the workers, the youth of Greece,
etc. to serve as an example to other peoples. They want to avoid the
“contagious effect” that this resistance can cause. Therefore, they
want to make the Greek government capitulate.

It is not possible to resist these pressures without the mobilization
of the Greek workers and people. This is what must be developed.

But we also need the solidarity of the workers and peoples, especially
in Europe, to develop. That is why we are working with all political,
union and social forces that share this goal.

We must denounce and put pressure on the governments of the EU
countries, particularly those of the imperialist powers such as Germany
and France, to stop this policy of blackmail towards Greece.

We must demand the cancellation of the Greek debts.

We must develop the fight against the same austerity policies in all countries.

Every day boats of refugee from Africa and the Middle East capsize,
causing dozens of deaths. If they manage to enter the EU, which is
continuing to build walls, police and military barriers, etc., they
find themselves chased and harassed by the police of all the EU
countries. They are forced to hide and to live in inhuman conditions.
They are also the target of parties and organizations of the far-right
and fascists who are carrying out racist and xenophobic campaigns on
the theme of the dangers of the “invasion” of refugees.

These refugees, men, women and children, are fleeing poverty and wars.
They come from Syria, from the Horn of Africa, from the countries of
the Sahel, etc., in short, from countries where the great imperialist
powers are waging wars. Under the pretext of the “fight against
terrorism,” there is the war for control of mineral and oil resources,
the control of strategic zones, the rivalries among the great powers
and their local allies.

In other words, the warmongers are the main ones responsible for this immigration.

While the peoples are showing their solidarity, as in Italy, in
welcoming the refugees, the governments are putting in place
increasingly reactionary policies aimed at “preventing immigration” and
criminalizing the migrants and all those in solidarity with them.

Several EU States are taking part in imperialist wars in Africa and the Middle East.

The decision of the leaders of the European imperialist powers to
integrate Ukraine into the economic and political sphere of influence
of the EU, the direct interference of US imperialism through the growth
in power of NATO at the borders of Russia and the support given to the
reactionary government of Kiev and to the reactionary and fascist
forces in Ukraine, have resulted in a situation of great tension at the
very frontiers of the EU.

We are currently witnessing a “re-engagement” of NATO in Eu­rope,
strongly supported by the leaders of several countries of Eastern
Europe, particularly Poland and the Baltic countries. This is
accompanied by an increase in their military budgets.

For several years US imperialism has put pressure on its allies to “share the burden of defence.”

The danger of war in Europe is real.

We demand the cancellation of the treaty linking Ukraine to the EU, a
treaty that subjects the workers and the peoples of Ukraine to the
economic and political orders of the EU.

We denounce the policy of confrontation with Russia and we demand the
withdrawal of the arms deployed by NATO in this region.

We call for mobilization for the withdrawal from NATO, the armed wing
of US imperialism and its allies, as an important step towards its
dissolution.

We call on all people to develop the mobilization against the rising war budgets.

The involvement of several European imperialist powers in the “war
against terrorism” in the Middle East and the Sahel is accompanied by
the establishment of mechanisms of surveillance and mass control and
the closer coordination between the police, civil and military
intelligence services, linked with the US intelligence services,
particularly through NATO.

In all countries, one can see the strengthening of the criminalization
of “social protest,” the questioning of democratic freedoms,
particularly in the area of the right to strike, the right to organize
and demonstrate. These attacks are concentrated against the militant
organizations and unionists who denounce the class collaboration of the
leaders who are “negotiating” with the employers and the government the
implementation of austerity policies.

We call on the people to denounce and combat the rise of fascism in the States that is currently developing.

The crisis in Europe is sharpening the contradictions within it, among
the States, and within each country and, more generally, between the
social classes. Inequality is deepening and tensions are becoming
exacerbated.

The economic mechanisms put in place by the EU and the euro zone are
increasing the unequal development and are posing the question,
repeatedly and publicly, of maintaining the euro zone as it exists.

In the countries where the people have spoken out against joining the
euro zone or against joining the EU, this opposition is continuing to
grow.

Certain countries applied to join the EU, and then withdrew their application, such as Iceland.

Everywhere opposition to the EU, to its policies, its anti-democratic
way of functioning is growing and, in the increasingly important
sectors, this challenge also affects its decision to establish itself
as an imperialist bloc in ever stronger competition with the other
great powers, and its even greater aggressiveness on the economic and
political level towards the dominated countries of Africa, Asia, Latin
America, etc.

Everywhere the consciousness is also growing that it is not possible to
change the EU from within into a supposedly progressive institution at
the service of peoples.

Therefore, we unconditionally defend the right of the peoples to break
with the EU, the euro and all its political and economic mechanisms.

Paris, June 2015

Workers’ Communist Party of Denmark – APK
Communist Party of the Workers of France – PCOF
Organization for the Construction of the Communist Party of the Workers of Germany
Movement for the Reorganization of the Communist Party of Greece (1918-55)
Communist Platform – for the Communist Party of the Proletariat of Italy
Marxist-Leninist Organization Revolusjon of Norway
Communist Party of Spain (Marxist-Leninist) – PCE (ML)
Party of Labour of Turkey – EMEP

Motion of Solidarity with the Dockers of Norway

Call for support for the Norwegian dockers

The dockers are known worldwide for their internationalism and their
solidarity with the workers and seamen who are fighting for their
rights. Now the dockers themselves are in urgent need of international
support and solidarity.

The dockers of Norway have been in conflict since November 2013, that
is, for almost 12 months. They have been repressed and arrested by the
police. Their only demand is that the employers ratify the collective
agreement and abide by the Convention 137 of the ILO which grants the
unionized dockers the prerogative to load and unload the cargo ships.
But this right is being denied them, including in the port of Oslo.

In the port of Oslo, this fight has another international aspect,
because the Turkish company Yilport obtained the “exclusive right” to
operate in the port for the next twenty years. But Yilport not only
refuses to negotiate a collective agreement, but even refuses any
discussion with the dockers’ union. Yilport is also hiring unskilled
workers from temporary employment agencies, which results in dismissing
the dockers from their work. This attempt to eliminate the dockers’
union and to undermine the collective agreements is totally
unacceptable. In reality this is an attack against the workers in all
countries and in all sectors.

The Marxist-Leninist parties and organizations of Europe call on the
workers, unions and democratic forces to show their solidarity and
boycott Yilport until it rehires the union dockers in the port of Oslo
and signs a collective agreement with them.

Workers of the world, unite!

Resolution adopted by the regional conference of Marxist-Leninist parties and organizations, held in France in June 2015